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Show ON THK O'ltADH The telling of tlio ktorioi of itnirf-coacli aj on tti frontier hoi only Juit beicuu. For every ono ye 1 tol 1 there are n tbou iboJ better oui b ludiVii (n lti mountain, Lanln In fftftlt echoea About tlie tamp-Cm tamp-Cm of tin t'lunrer. Ify u live awhile In tlio cabins nlonr tie Yuba, above Marvirille, jou will finj miner .till coyoting among the thrice ifteil Iillc of irraTrl for Hi after-cmihof'49 after-cmihof'49 y luvtlllflnilol Ilarelrirr vnrh bent and twitted hand, who know it ry nutel driver of tho Pacific rn-tt you will hear torie of ftairlii In the Cftlci ami alilic, lu tbo nil leat arf of the tilirriM, Out liavo nuri-r rentluit I rlnt bnt hare been carried on through manifold tradition until tiny hate nached the couiploteneM anl thedltf-lilty thedltf-lilty of an 1 1 le of tbo Btagecoucli. Ik idea tbo longer ttotlra ono hear t). re aro Joicna of lea, r eplaode of the itaifingtla) thaciludooIriiiiuky'etitii' aay, ftirlnataiice. feiuoky waa a f-tuiou tage driver be in en Uraaa Vallc) and Mnryavllb, by ay(f IViiii Valle, Kimfliulnl Heady, tinarUTllliiandTiuilmctuu. About 10 1 be wai In bit lory tbe Meal of a drUer, and ablo to bold bl own wltb any onoon I to route lie reinl bU naino from tbe r luarV of n little ittrl, tbe iltniibtcr f f lit but 1 kin u r ut Mtirpby'a rauoli. r1 a once l!d otT bin lun and rati off, ay InjC tbat bo wih "too ainoky to atay i It ' mio 'llkeil men vrbo did not lmtf ci(Cr lu ber far- M Aflr tbi rj ImmIq Smoky' real name fell Into dliiitft bo ttaa ' .Sinok) anl -UId Kitioky' from tbo Blerraa to tbo EUcr imeiiUi. On tbo dty when Smoky bad bt run. away affair Ilia eiairo awuuir into (Irani Valley larly In Ibe uiornlntr with two iif iiKfri aboard, both liml le. Tliey ad Inakfi-t, anl tiieu Hmoky took chirxi He droo np und lu front of tbo atom to alt for another juKevntrer! 1h ut on tbe brake, ah be ni ikUMxl, t w hted tbe ntni bIkiu the brake bar, and went lutotboetorc. The four borpee itartetl vlt at foil tpeeil, and itrlMnn a itono tbe Jir let the brake looie: then tin hone flew down the grado like aona of uWtructlcu. Tbo luuwenier nit In elleuce, a little arirlaed at tbe rajill motion, bnt bo-IWrloit bo-IWrloit that the dther nat onthalioi. One of them viae A email, nervous, brlifbt trM ouiik man, nowly cuiuo to Callfor ula ayonntfuiaii who waa Juat Uitlu nlnjf n carrer of Uk entlon and innnuf40 taring atblvvrmrnt that baa irlviu blui tlar i auiong tbe at iro or au of fureiowt CallfoTtilaiia, The otlur man wa u laere nonentity. Tin) sung man with Ibe bright eyei Uiiautoivo tbat toui(thtiif Wat wrong with the ataKo. It unit ton fait; It wung too uiuili. He cllraU-.! on tlu Kat aul let down tho turrow window liiarnt tbe ilrilcra bor. He leaned out aud managed to raUohlnikclf far enough to aco that tbo borata were rnnnlug away. He called to tlu di her, but ro-c- irrd no reply, Tlie oung man reflected that the roa 1 ahead waa not au tjuy ono for a run way itaKvcoach to manage. They wtru now on the down grade, nei t came bill, tlieu another dewent, Dun a wiond bill, tLen A long, itcr-p and winding tlcco of down grade. Iheboriet ma.t U loi-jl loi-jl Ixfore llda dcecent waa re.tcbt-1 or a. rmaihup waa (unliable. He ilotldol to do Ida bnt to check tbo homi. If bo filled be woull Juuiji out and leato Ino flnt thing to do vrai to awing on tlie drlrer'a lx, Ahculennan might have failed, but tho young atranger waa alert anl musculari bo watchel Ida dunce, taught tbo Iron Ur at the tnd (f tlieat,drew hlmielf out, jutted n wrondon the window fill and led Uiwanl Juit ua the tlage coach awiiug tonanlhlm. He found blmnelf lauded, lu coceequence, uion the drlrer'a Mat and clinging to the brakebnr Tho Unit I w ro Hying wildly on r the beadi of tlie howl or tangled under their feet. Tbo young man bt gau to I tit on the ' Iraki, not with any hatte, but alowly and carefully Tho gnat curving blotkt cf onk pettle.1 down uguliut tbo whcela, buttheniildltyof thoMblclu'e motion Maa now Mich that there waa danger of heating the Una aud cauiing them to 8y from tbo wliU. Again mil rgnlu he llghitned tho brake, and rilmm-l tbein aUadylng the mawiivu coach u It wnng around tbo nbarii cimciof tho lu.ty roo.1 and reeled from Mdo to alilo Ilko a dninken giant. 'AtonuiuoniPiit Ike joung man felt tho coach tempo i egalnit the cloven lino route of tho uountaln aide, un 1 at tho neat he felt It I edly along the vtrgo of tbo ratine mid h an over tbo alij m aa if ready to plunge uuvtn Into tho tops of tho ouke ouKiggir Hit.COOfHtlwlow. l'retty oou tbe bottom of tlie grudo wai r ncbed, aud tho joung nmn "put tlio brake don hard " Ilut Itwiiionly A little rlMi After all, an 1 tbo horaet uero nuiiilngAt tl tojiof tlnlrriiee.1 Tho tairo wint on, banlly cbeike.1 by tbo "jTObbd obituclca, and began nnotlur yxoint. Agan the mine tuctlcn fob owmli tbo brake waa uwl Willi tho ut- , tuoitiklll and patience, but un out.likr j oold have (all there waa Utile gain. I I lie tecond aacent come At lot, And f '"re, on a broken ron 1, full of deep rut, ' tthlcli htld to ihetk Ihe itage, the foun iiiaii brought everything up Itaniling Atnoinllorun It ha 1 been, md the botK vuro ktill rearlug otnl llnngln fbe other pnMeiigpr iietred carefully "ft of the window and aikul what wa the matter Ho wa ordered to own the wor, juuiu oiit, mid tuke tho lenOiri by the heao n,g man ..wt the brak cllmu I n an It h in to col l-tthrmnaiiloftbe line and knot lb. in i j. It A llltli latirSlnokrrai e riniiuna: up In a att of dn(ir an I eabnnatlen HI plnunre nt dlicmitliiK tl.o nri an I born unit mil tou Hie (nii of a lerlea of vHH yen and jntortbMia that Vtouldharedorie eredlt tiAMintta In dlan tkehjtoti dance II, tliinbl la.k on Ihe lioi. the teiwenger got III, and IbeaUgeetarledoff Atredot.blul apeed to make np for lo. time. Tlie atory went aronnl auiong tlie ftage drivera. Tliere wna one ; mmg fl-low fl-low that tnmt Im taken eare of. He wa to hare tlie tent Ith tbe dm or, no I matter who wanted le. He wa the "man wot Hopped Kmoky'a tnrnunt on the Penn Valley grade " liven today If the hero of lMtroo tale were to leave hi greAt mill And buiiuea enti rprlaet In San IrmidX) ah 1 go to the wild of Modoc And Maklyoti lievond the ontMt 1 1 the railroad, he Would ! nlmot nre to duKover Hut Ida tinniennd fame were lliuwni tli.lt tbo Worl woull be rent along the line, "Hiuokya meiigtr I f-oln' over thl rwul " and the grutnplet of oil atAgeri would nnbenl nnl treat bliuiu Aneual The young man who (liudieil out over the whtwl And 'put down the brWon Sniuky itagecoNch thirty jear ago, I Mill an honorary member of tbe craft of ancient ami weather beaten maetera of tbe whip and libbona, IVrhaM tie reader will Iblnk that the Cory It incomplete without ihe name of the joung man It wa A. M. Ilallldie, the inventor of the mble cur ayitem of hati I'lancleoo and of many valuable mining nod engineering cortrivance yharhi Howard Hlilnn In Indeiwndeut. |